Headteacher Message

Hello all,

I hope you are all well. As you will have seen, the government has issued further guidance regarding precautions that should be taken. I am not going to detail what the school is doing as a result because you will be receiving a separate email today that outlines any changes in the way we operate. Instead, today, I would like to focus on the positive. Last Saturday a number of staff and children came into school to support our Reception open morning. It was a real success with 14 families in attendance. Our Year 6 children were as usual faultless ambassadors for the school. It was the first time we have held an open day on a Saturday and we would do it again. I have one special thank you to make and that is to my chair of governors Janet Deboo. She has basically been in position as long as me and we have forged a great team. She spent a whole day delivering flyers for this event into the local community. All governors are volunteers and we are lucky to have a chair who consistently goes the extra mile and ‘makes a difference’ for our school. I wanted to share an email that warmed my heart this week. It was from a family that I gave a tour to last week.

I wanted to follow up on a tour we had with Joe Porter a few weeks ago and say how impressed we were with the school. My wife and I were blown away by the passion Joe had for the children's learning and being in a safe environment- this was evident from how happy the children were in the school. We’ve viewed multiple schools in the area and Darell was by far the stand out for putting kids first and the overall happiness of the children. It’s clear the children love being there.

I am acutely aware that as a school we need to keep developing but it is so lovely to receive this sort of feedback to help us on our journey. If children feel safe and loved, they will learn and I really feel that we have this in place at Darell.

I have been doing some work across the school in regard to Darell being a Rights Respecting School. The majority of countries in the world have signed the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. It is the most widely ratified human rights treaty in History. This week we have been focusing on the following right.

After a conversation with some of the Year 6 cohort, we have decided to co-write a communication policy for the school that outlines how we respect this right. I have really enjoyed doing this and believe it will benefit the whole school community when finished. I have found out that Year 6 pupils are really good at writing school policies! On that upbeat note, I will leave you for this week. Stay safe and have a lovely weekend.

Joe Porter

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